Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a very light test with several inches of snow still on the ground from a winter storm on Tuesday, Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves steady. Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.81/cwt on 1,004 head.

Average price

$145.81

1,004 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.48

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	146.65	972	794
Medium and Large 1-2	563	143.34	806	193
Medium and Large 2	468	134.47	630	17thin

One grade step is worth $12.18/cwt here — about $343 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,004 hd

145.81

—

OK average7 barns · 10,292 hd

148.29

−2.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

63 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	705	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	163.30/cwt	156.00–168.00	851	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	138.02/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,060	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	142.15/cwt	139.00–144.00	546	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	138.32/cwt	133.00–145.00	599	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	158.86/cwt	153.00–165.00	748	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	136.15/cwt	134.00–137.50	855	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	129.87/cwt	126.00–131.00	664	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	128.08/cwt	124.00–130.00	806	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	117.26/cwt	116.00–118.50	850	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	567	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	791	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	141.83/cwt	140.00–146.00	759	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	139.31/cwt	130.50–146.00	943	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	122.89/cwt	121.00–131.00	902	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	129.46/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,007	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	176.82/cwt	173.00–184.00	838	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	110.92/cwt	105.00–117.00	765	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	147.27/cwt	136.50–151.00	804	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	125.77/cwt	117.00–126.50	963	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	162.13/cwt	158.00–165.00	783	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	135.94/cwt	129.00–136.75	1,188	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	794	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	129.29/cwt	125.00–136.00	754	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	137.36/cwt	130.00–144.00	659	107
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	330	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	124.88/cwt	123.00–128.00	792	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	156.16/cwt	147.00–162.00	878	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	137.50/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,130	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	128.09/cwt	121.00–130.50	792	90
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	657	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	129.76/cwt	128.50–130.00	1,098	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	135.57/cwt	131.00–140.50	717	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	109.80/cwt	106.00–116.00	680	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	99.60/cwt	95.00–102.00	810	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	336	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	128.84/cwt	120.00–132.00	863	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	135.45/cwt	125.50–139.00	987	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	157.25/cwt	152.00–163.50	590	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	143.34/cwt	139.50–145.00	834	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	138.93/cwt	132.00–143.00	878	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	110.60/cwt	104.00–119.00	747	13

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

Thu Dec 17, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Receipts 2,040Last week 4,128Year ago 4,093

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	124.00	124.00
10	—	385	183.00	183.00
14	—	611	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	124.00–130.00	128.08
8	—	725	116.00–118.50	117.26
10	—	567	132.00	132.00
25	—	535	140.00–146.00	141.83
3	—	663	127.50	127.50
3	—	330	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	521	156.00–168.00	163.30
36	—	768	132.00–144.00	138.02
1	—	325	210.00	210.00
4	—	367	209.00	209.00
22	—	425	186.00	186.00
116	—	677	130.50–146.00	139.31
4	—	290	210.00	210.00
58	—	474	173.00–184.00	176.82
3	—	1,055	112.00	112.00
79	—	874	129.00–136.75	135.94
110	—	562	147.00–162.00	156.16
105	—	822	135.00–138.00	137.50
43	—	729	125.50–139.00	135.45
149	—	632	132.00–143.00	138.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	471	153.00–165.00	158.86
21	—	628	134.00–137.50	136.15
2	—	340	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	546	136.50–151.00	147.27
27	—	766	117.00–126.50	125.77
26	—	483	158.00–165.00	162.13
9	—	667	119.00	119.00
2	—	435	169.00	169.00
19	—	634	123.00–128.00	124.88
4	—	747	118.00	118.00
29	—	375	152.00–163.50	157.25
27	—	582	139.50–145.00	143.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	488	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	90.00	90.00
14	—	456	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	142.00	142.00
14	—	511	126.00–131.00	129.87
11	—	619	106.00–116.00	109.80
5	—	336	143.00	143.00
13	—	675	104.00–119.00	110.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	384	139.00–144.00	142.15
30	—	433	133.00–145.00	138.32
4	—	927	120.50	120.50
30	—	734	121.00–131.00	122.89
10	—	339	156.00	156.00
34	—	778	129.00–131.00	129.46
107	—	583	125.00–136.00	129.29
107	—	480	130.00–144.00	137.36
90	—	618	121.00–130.50	128.09
83	—	846	128.50–130.00	129.76
60	—	529	131.00–140.50	135.57
93	—	670	120.00–132.00	128.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	967	98.00	98.00
10	—	690	105.00–117.00	110.92
4	—	410	127.00	127.00
3	—	773	111.00	111.00
12	—	813	95.00–102.00	99.60
11	—	520	122.00	122.00
3	—	378	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	117.00	117.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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